Australia to resume with England needing 2 wickets to bring their first innings to a close.
The tourists will be looking to keep the Aussies under 300, which would be psychologically unsettling on what is deemed by the pundits a 400+ track.
Personally, I'm looking foward to seeing how one Mitchell Johnson bowls but more importantly how he stands up to the rigours of the banter from the Barmy Army.
Cook goes, caught behind. Happened a lot recently i.e. Cook out early but England go on to amass a good score, was a feature of last summer's Ashes so our batsmen will be used to this.
Aus will have their tails up though, got to get through to lunch now without further loss.
Yep, look at his record last summer, he was poor by his standards. But the team kept winning and he was the captain so the selectors stuck with him, even though there were a few mumbled questions about him.
Carberry batting like it's a Sunday afternoon on the village green, not short on confidence and these runs will do him the world of good as he moves to 25.
The Aussies squeeze an over in before lunch and they've had a plan for Trott which has worked as he nicks one down the leg side.
Advantage Oz at lunch.
KP dropped on 8! You generally only get one chance with Kev before he inevitably changes the the game in one session.
Carberry approaching 50, what a feat it would be in his first Ashes Test Match.